Friday, January 25, 2013

DAP will submit annual statement to registrar in time

DAP will submit annual statement to registrar in time

THE DAP will comply with the law and submit its
annual statement to the registrar of societies (ROS) within the 60-day
time period after its last Central Executive Committee (CEC) elections
in December.

Party vice-chairman M. Kula Segaran said the manner
in which the matter was being handled, including a recent statement by
ROS Director-General Datuk Abdul Rahman Othman, “revealed there was a
lot of focus on this particular case”.

He said it “seemed like
there were attempts by the ROS to find ways to de-register the party”
before the 13th general election was held.

“This seems to be the
easiest way to wipe out the DAP. Abdul Rahman’s actions indicate that
Barisan Nasional is prepared to get rid of the DAP in any way possible,"
he said. The DAP held its CEC elections on Dec 15 and announced the
results three days later.

However, the party later admitted there were several errors in the vote-counting and had made a correction.

Some
members who were dissatisfied with the correction alleged that there
were elements of fraud in the election and demanded a fresh poll.

On
Tuesday, Abdul Rahman said in a press statement the party only had 20
more days to submit its annual statement to assist in the probe on the
allegations that there were irregularities in the CEC election.

The complaints were made by five men, consisting two current party members and three previous members.

Abdul
Rahman cited that under Section 14(1) of the Societies Act 1966,
registered organisations, including political parties, must hold their
general meetings and submit their annual statements, which must contain
the financial statement and list of their committee members, within 60
days after the meetings.

Kula said the two members who lodged the
report to the registrar should have utilised the means and channels
within the party to air their grievances on the matter, as provided for
under Section 16 of the Societies Act 1966.

“None of the 68 candidates who won and lost their bids in the elections have made any complaints,” he said.

Kula said the DAP was honest and transparent when it decided to make rectifications to the mistakes immediately.

“The rectifications were audited by an external qualified chartered accountants,” he said.

Perak
DAP vice-chairman and Sungkai assemblyman A Sivanesan said roadshows
would be carried out weekly at a few areas in the state to explain the
actual situation to the party members.